Welcome to the portfolio of
JAMES HEALEY
Experienced Website Developer
& User Interface Designer
WHAT'S NEW?
May 2012 ~ I'm excited to announce that the
recently added
The Unsigned Guide
has been nominated as a finalist for
Best E-business Project in the
Big Chip 2012
awards! As part of Via Studios I can only say I'm proud
we've been nominated! So, fingers crossed for the award ceremony on
5th July.
Bonus Update!
The recent work section now includes
website launch dates & technical geekery. Enjoy!
WELCOME
I've worked for big business, small agencies and
the Government for over 8 years, creating websites and web-applications of all shapes and sizes
for desktop and mobile devices. This has given me great experience of both front & back-end development with
an eye for User Interface design.
Over the years I've been lucky enough to offer my
knowledge and skills
to a diverse range of clients
working on anything from small-scale marketing campaigns to
enterprise-level Content Management Systems that
enabled people all over the world to control their regional
offerings.
There's been a few pet projects
in my spare time as well but it's not all about the web.
I'm a husband, a dog owner of a Jack Russell Terrier called Pepper, a
fan of typography & architecture, love a
good beer
and a great cheese.
Those, alongside with being a guitar player and an avid gamer, keep me busy.
You can also follow me via
@JayHealey
on Twitter or send me a message below.
RECENT WORK
Insurance Brokers
2012 - onwards
Using: PHP5/Yii for bespoke quote engine, mySQL, jQuery, HTML5
UK's biggest music directory
2011 - onwards
Nominated: Big Chip 2012
Using: PHP5/Yii for bespoke membership system, Microsoft SQL Server, jQuery, HTML5
Post-Production House
2011 - onwards
For: Desktop, Mobile & Tablet
Using: Chillibean for video streaming, PHP5/Yii for bespoke CMS, mySQL, jQuery, XML, HTML5
Post-Production House
2011 - onwards
Using: Vimeo for video streaming, PHP5/Yii for bespoke CMS, mySQL, jQuery, HTML5
Post-Production House
2011 - onwards
For: Desktop, Mobile & Tablet
Using: Chillibean for video streaming, PHP5/Yii for bespoke CMS, mySQL, jQuery, XML, HTML5
Electrical Meter Manufacturer
2010 - onwards
Using: PHP5/Yii for bespoke quote engine, mySQL, jQuery
Association of Liberal Democrat Councillors
2010 - onwards
Using: ASP.NET, C#, Microsoft, SQL Server, jQuery
Social Business Supplier
2010 - onwards
Using: ASP.NET, C#, Microsoft, SQL Server, jQuery
PROJECTS
Postmark App for Classic ASP →
May 2011 ~
I intended to use Postmark for
a bespoke mass-mailer application. Unsurprisingly, there wasn't a
Classic ASP solution available for Postmark - so I built one. And it's now on the official developer library page.
Download it →
Start a Band →
November 2010 ~ I created a project to start a band, using
social media and Salford City Radio to spread the word. The idea was to play a mix of
classic R&B, motown and dirty rock & roll.
And in June 2011 I joined a pub-covers band!
Go look →
History
North West
Website Manager & Intranet Developer
2004 - 2005 (closed in 2011)
SKILLS
Programming & Mark-up Languages
ASP.NET, ASP Classic, C#, CSS 3, ExtJS/Coolite, HTML5, JSON,
Javascript/jQuery, PHP 5, XML.
Applications, Environments & Platforms
Adobe Creative Suite 3/4/5, Basecamp, CODA (Mac OSX), Magento eCommerce Platform, Microsoft IIS 6/7,
Microsoft SQL Server 2000/2005/2008, Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2008,
Microsoft Visual Studio 2010, mySQL, Netbeans, PostgreSQL,
SVN (Cornerstone/Versions on Mac OSX), Unify CMS,
WAMP/XAMPP (Windows, Apache, mySQL & PHP), Wordpress Platform,
Yii Framework (PHP), Zend Development Environment, Zend Studio.
Non-Technical Skills
✓ Significant experience managing projects with clients from brief to completion
✓ Assessing client requirements and proposing solutions which suit both needs and budget
✓ Writing and maintaining code to specification and to defined quality standards
✓ Mentoring of team members in both development and design